Improvement in laundry-stoves



J. VOBGTLB. Laundry-Stove.

10.206,407; Patented July 30,1878.

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I .Dumm v NA PETERS. PHoTD-LITHOGRAPMER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED 1 'raras JACOB VOEG-TLE, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN LAUNDRY-STOVES.

Speelicaton forming parli of' Leiters Patent No. 206,107, dated JulyZltl, 1378,: application tiled April 19, i878.

1'0 att 'Le/10m it muy concern Be it known that I, Jiicon VoEGfrLn, ofIndianapolis, in the .county ot' Marion and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain Improvements in Laundry-Stoves, of which the followingis a specitication:

This invention relates to form, construction, and arrangement ot theseveral pa-rts ot' the stove, and has for its object to combine the bestform for heating sad-irons at the sides of the fire-box with such formof the irebox as to render it most efficient in heating and economicalin the use of fuel, together with cheap, substantial, and durableconstruction, and such form of the upper p art of the stove that it willbe better adapted to heating large vessels of water or a largerl numberot' irons.

The main body A A of the stove is of sheet-iron, made in the form shown.The top frame O, inclined plates D, horizontal plates D', end pieces E',grates AE, door-frame and doors D, and lining-plates F F' are of castiron.

In order that the quantity of fuel may be small and kept compaetlytogether, so as to induce a more active combustion, and thus produce therequisite heat with greatest econonly of fuel, a-nd to bring the ironsclose to the heat, and at the same time to obtain a substantial andeconomical construction, l have arranged the several parts as shown anddescribed.

The tire-box is constructed and formed of the end pieces E', side piecesD', inclined plates D, grates E, and lining F F', arranged as shown.

The end pieces E' serve to hang the grates E in and to strengthen andprevent warping ofthe front and rear sheet-iron plates. rlhe horizontalside plates, D', serve as a rest for the lower ends of plates D and F,and also for the heels of the irons. An upward pro jecting flange, d, onplate D' serves to hold the face ofthe irons itat against the heating`plates D. The plates D' project inward to support the lower ends ofplates F, thereby contracting the tire-box at the base or line. p

The plates F are made in sections and set .loosely in position, asshown, so as not to require fastening in, wherefore they can be readilyrenewed when burned out.

grate The upper edges ofthe sheet-iron side plates are secured to theunder side of the plates D', and the latter are bolted at their ends tothe end plates, E', thereby giving great strength. to the stove in thispart.

The curved sheet-iron plates forming the bottom of the upper portion ortop A' of the stove, as shown, are permanently riveted to the front andrear sheet-iron plates, thereby forming a part ot the body A ofthestove. These plates project inwardly to receive the upper ends of platesD, which a-re furnished with a iiange to hook over them, thus proteetingthe sheetiron and affording a permanent support to the upper ends ofplates D.

The upper part ot the stove is 'formed so as to provide for theexpansion of the hot products of combustion under agreater topradiating-surface than if made only the size of the body below, andwhich. may be utilized for heating irons, large vessels of water, orother purposes.

rlhe grates ll are hung` to roel: or tilt, and also to slide or shakelongitudinally in the pieces E'.

Itis contemplated to attach an extension in the rear ot` the stove, asindicated by the dotted lines in Figure 2, so that an additional numberot' irons or extra vessels ot water may bc heated, if desired.

I make no claim specifically to the inclined heating-plates againstwhich the irons rest in laundry-stoves, as they are in common use invarious forms; nor do I make apy claim to contracting the tire-pots atthe bottom or fire-grate ot' such stoves, except in the manner shown anddescribed.

I claim as my inventionl. In a laundry-stove havin g recesses formed inthe sides for the reception ot' sad-irons, the plates D D' andlining-plates F, arranged in the manner shown and described, for thepurpose set forth.

2. The combination of the plates D D' and F with the expanded upperportion, A', of the stove, all formed, constructed, and arf rangedsubstantially as set forth.

0. F. lWIAYHEw, G. M. Lnvn'rfrn.

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